brown

Adjective

• (of skin) deeply suntanned

• of a color similar to that of wood or earth

Verb

• make brown in color
  • the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard
    

• fry in a pan until it changes color
  • brown the meat in the pan
    

Noun

• a university in Rhode Island

• abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)

• Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)

• an orange of low brightness and saturation

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  browned , brownish , chocolate-brown , dark-brown , embrown , Brown University , Brown , John Brown , Robert Brown , brownness